Sale reports / Georgia / Carnesville / 2020-12-15

Carnesville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carnesville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 15
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1935
Feeder Cattle receipts
675 head
331 vs last sale 1,006 115 vs year ago 560 · +20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
44 vs last sale 140 13 vs year ago 109 · 11.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
172 head
47 vs last sale 125 63 vs year ago 109 · +57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 7.00 to 8.00 lower. feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls mostly steady, bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.34/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 95.14 against this barn's trailing median of $215.48.
Average price
$120.34
120 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$170
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$6.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3494122.0060379
Medium and Large 2567119.7967917thin
Medium and Large 1671115.2577324
One grade step is worth $6.75/cwt here — about −$170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

27 sales
243217191165median 215.4812/1602/1704/2106/0908/11
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.74, low $178.92, median $215.48 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale120 hd
120.34
GA average17 barns · 1,646 hd
121.39
−1.05
This barn, trailing median27 sales
215.48
−95.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,61773.451,18723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24747.1458830
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41445.266405thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05338.5740615

Every lot, as filed

55 lots · USDA AMS · Franklin County Livestock - Carnesville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,54769.79/cwt68.00–71.001,08010
Bulls1,67076.26/cwt73.00–80.001,27413
CowsLean 85-90%1,09835.05/cwt31.00–38.003858
CowsLean 85-90%1,00242.59/cwt40.00–46.004277
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25751.08/cwt48.00–55.0064213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23944.13/cwt40.00–47.0054717
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3955751.75/cwt710.00–820.007,1794
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,4101,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0015,9332
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3950830.00/cwt830.00–830.007,8852
BullsMedium and Large 1782106.61/cwt105.00–110.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1715109.35/cwt107.50–110.007824
BullsMedium and Large 1675114.88/cwt110.00–120.007755
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2983968.29/cwt900.00–1,030.009,5186
HeifersMedium and Large 172595.17/cwt92.50–98.006902
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,063942.80/cwt890.00–1,010.0010,0224
SteersMedium and Large 1668118.27/cwt115.00–120.007903
BullsMedium and Large 2375153.68/cwt152.50–155.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2618108.26/cwt105.00–110.006696
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,172720.33/cwt620.00–810.008,44219
BullsMedium and Large 2575119.95/cwt115.00–125.006909
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2231,213.19/cwt1,200.00–1,230.0014,8374
HeifersMedium and Large 262399.45/cwt95.00–104.006209
SteersMedium and Large 2532135.79/cwt135.00–137.507223
HeifersMedium and Large 2535115.97/cwt115.00–119.006207
BullsMedium and Large 1627119.54/cwt115.00–125.0075012
HeifersMedium and Large 2585105.71/cwt105.00–108.006188
HeifersMedium and Large 168197.43/cwt95.00–102.506634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,089750.62/cwt700.00–790.008,1745
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2881,210.10/cwt1,160.00–1,260.0015,5864
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41844.33/cwt42.00–45.006294
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40049.00/cwt49.00–49.006861
BullsMedium and Large 3534112.60/cwt110.00–120.0060115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,193887.18/cwt830.00–1,030.0010,58410
SteersMedium and Large 3435146.16/cwt145.00–150.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 3528106.66/cwt102.50–112.5056313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,183762.68/cwt690.00–890.009,02315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3956583.17/cwt500.00–640.005,5755
HeifersMedium and Large 3427123.15/cwt120.00–127.5052613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3621,006.18/cwt920.00–1,120.0013,7045
BullsMedium and Large 3364146.43/cwt143.00–147.505337
BullsMedium and Large 367197.93/cwt95.00–100.006575
HeifersMedium and Large 362587.42/cwt85.00–90.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 3375134.73/cwt130.00–140.005052
BullsMedium and Large 3618100.76/cwt97.50–102.506233
HeifersMedium and Large 3568100.13/cwt95.00–102.5056915
SteersMedium and Large 2625119.84/cwt115.00–125.007492
SteersMedium and Large 3524128.88/cwt125.00–132.506755
SteersMedium and Large 3575122.22/cwt120.00–124.007034
HeifersMedium and Large 3475113.78/cwt110.00–117.5054020
HeifersMedium and Large 2418134.94/cwt133.00–136.005643
BullsMedium and Large 3479123.81/cwt120.00–130.0059314
SteersMedium and Large 2578129.54/cwt126.00–135.007494
BullsMedium and Large 3329152.80/cwt150.00–157.505036
BullsMedium and Large 3435132.39/cwt130.00–140.0057615
BullsMedium and Large 3577106.87/cwt102.50–112.5061714

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.